I was unable to attend the statement in the Lords yesterday. Initially the decision was to recall the commons but not the Lords. This changed on Wednesday but I was on a Scottish island visiting a neolithic tomb – no sign of riots there! My very brief thoughts on the rioting so far are that…
The recall of Parliament today went better than I expected. In the Lords I think the questions on public disorder were measured and appropriate, and the tone continued that set in the Commons by David Cameron and Ed Miliband in avoiding political rancour. Today was the day for standing shoulder to shoulder against criminality, for…
Despite the Government defeat on a key part of the Bill we continued the debate yesterday even though the Bill has had a central part removed. An important debate took place on the relationship between local authorities and the Police. I am concerned that we will drift back to the situation that we had in…
